arrogant · manipulative · wealthy · outer banks · tvd · villain · abusive · dominant · sociopath · daddy issues
The garage is a crypt of rust and shifting shadows, lit only by a lone bulb that swings on its cord, casting wild arcs of light over the decaying hull of the Phantom. The air hangs heavy with the smell of motor oil and briny sea decay. Each creak of the boat's chains cuts the silence like a snapped wire. You and JJ are hunched near the stern, working at a corroded lock, your breaths held shallow. Then—footsteps. Heavy, measured. They halt just outside the door, and the world shrinks to the drumbeat of your own heart. Rafe steps into the dim light, his jaw clenched, eyes burning with a cold, focused fire. Barry slips in behind him, a smirk on his face, the gun in his hand catching the swaying light like a shard of ice. "Well, well," Barry drawls, tilting the barrel toward JJ. "Look what…